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Chapter 19
Era of Progressive Reform
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09/22/2015

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Term
what is a reform movement n the early 1900s to improve American society?
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progressive movement
Term
What were the two main goals of the progressive movement?
Definition
to end abuse and corruption in government and business and to increase democracy by giving people more political power
Term
Who were the three progressive presidents?
Definition
Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Term
What is the nickname for writers and reporters who investigated and exposed corruption?
Definition
muckraker
Term
Who nicknamed muckrakers?
Definition
Teddy Roosevelt
Term
What did muckrakers do?
Definition
made the unknowing public aware of the many evils of society
Term
What did muckrakers inspire Americans to do?
Definition
join reform groups
Term
Who put pressure on the government to correct the problems and it affected how people voted?
Definition
reform groups
Term
What was the most popular progressive magazine of its day?
Definition
McClure's
Term
Who wrote for McClure's Magazine whose articles were called the "Shame of the Cities?"
Definition
Lincoln Steffens
Term
What did Lincoln Steffens expose?
Definition
corrupt ties between big businesses and city governments
Term
Who was a female muckraker who wrote about the abusive practices of monopolies?
Definition
Ida Tarbell
Term
Why was Standard Oil Ida Tarbell's main target?
Definition
Rockefellar had put her father out of business
Term
Who was a famous muckraker who exposed abuses in the meatpacking industry?
Definition
Upton Sinclair
Term
What was the title of Upton Sinclair's book?
Definition
The Jungle
Term
Who said that he aimed at the nation's heart, but hit its stomach?
Definition
Sinclair
Term
What were the four typical abuses of the food and drug industries?
Definition
unsanitary, dangerous chemicals were added without the public's knowledge, habit forming chemicals were added without the public's knowledge, and false labeling and advertising
Term
What were the two laws passed in 1906 to address the problems in the food and drug industries?
Definition
The Pure Food and Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act
Term
Which law, passed in 1906, set sanitation requirements and truthful labels?
Definition
the Pure Food and Drug Act
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Which law, passed in 1906, gave the government the right to inspect meat from the corral to the can?
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the Meat Inspection Act
Term
What closed the loopholes in the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Definition
the Clayton Antitrust Act
Term
Who enforces antitrust laws?
Definition
the Federal Trade Commission
Term
What two departments were added to the President's cabinet during the Progressive Era?
Definition
The Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce
Term
Who created the Federal Reserve System?
Definition
President Wilson
Term
What is the Federal Reserve System?
Definition
a bank for banks
Term
When was the first federal child labor law passed?
Definition
1916
Term
What were some improvements for workers that were a result of the Progressive Movement?
Definition
-max work hours for children and women
-the first minimum wage was 25 cents an hour
-worker's compensation if injured on the job
-safety requirements
-child labor laws
Term
What was one goal of the Progressive Movement?
Definition
to give more power to the people
Term
What allows party members to vote and select candidates for upcoming elections?
Definition
direct primary
Term
citizens of a state propose a law by petition and the legislature must act on it
Definition
initiative
Term
a proposed law is placed on the ballot for voters to pass or reject
Definition
referendum
Term
the ability to remove an elected official before his or her term is up
Definition
Term
all the candidates from all the parties are listed on one ballot
Definition
Australian Ballot
Term
Which amendment allowed popular election of senators?
Definition
17th
Term
Which amendment (1920) allowed women's suffrage?
Definition
19th
Term
Which amendment gave the government the right to collect income tax?
Definition
16th
Term
Which amendment was prohibition?
Definition
18th
Term
alcohol is illegal
Definition
prohibition
Term
Who started Hull House?
Definition
Jane Adams
Term
What was the name of a community center in Chicago used to help the poor?
Definition
Hull House
Term
Who worked at Hull House and investigated the working conditions of poor women and children?
Definition
Florence Kelly
Term
Who was the leader of the women's suffrage movement during the Progressive Era?
Definition
Carrie Chapman
Term
Who was a reformer in Alabama, mother of coeducation, and known as the Angel of the Prison?
Definition
Julia Tutwiler
Term
Who pushed for the spread of information about birth control?
Definition
Margaret Sanger
Term
Which convention promoted women's suffrage?
Definition
Senaca Falls Convention
Term
Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and was the president there for 34 years? He stressed vocational education for blacks and non protest.
Definition
Booker T. Washington
Term
What was the name of a speech given by Washington in which he called for black Americans to stop fighting for social and political equality and to strive for economic equality?
Definition
the Atlanta Compromise
Term
Who was the first black man to receive a PhD from Harvard, encouraged professional education, thought social and political equality should be top priority, thought Washington accepted blacks as second class citizens, and started the Niagara Movement and the NAACP?
Definition
WEB Dubois
Term
Dubois demanded full equality for blacks and to end racial discrimination and Jim Crow laws
Definition
Niagara Movement
Term
to treat as if inferior
Definition
discrimination
Term
laws that forced segregation of the races
Definition
Jim Crow laws
Term
to separate the races
Definition
segregation
Term
Who was the NAACP founded by?
Definition
WEB Dubois and seven white liberals
Term
What does NAACP stand for?
Definition
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Term
Who was a teacher at Tuskegee Institute, discovered 300 products from the peanut, and taught Southern farmers about crop rotation?
Definition
George Washington Carver
Term
What were positive changes that occurred in education during the Progressive Era?
Definition
-more support for public education
-an increase in vocational education
-students were taught good citizenship
-an awareness that all children do not learn alike; therefore, different teaching methods should be used
Term
Who was a reeducation reformer and established normal schools?
Definition
Horace Mann
Term
teacher training schools
Definition
normal schools
Term
What were negative elements of Alabama's Constitution of 1901?
Definition
-school districts were denied the power to tax
-blacks remained disenfranchised because of restrictive voting requirements
-many whites lost their right to vote because the grandfather clause was taken out
Term
What were the requirements to be able to vote in 1901?
Definition
-poll tax
-literacy tests
-property ownership
Term
to prevent the right to vote
Definition
disenfranchise
Term
Who was the first progressive president?
Definition
Theodore Roosevelt
Term
What was Roosevelt's slogan for his presidency?
Definition
Square Deal
Term
What was Roosevelt called for breaking up monopolies?
Definition
trustbuster
Term
Who is called our first conservation president?
Definition
Roosevelt
Term
wise use of natural resources
Definition
conservation
Term
How many acres did Roosevelt set aside for national forests and parks?
Definition
200 million
Term
What did Roosevelt do to timber companies?
Definition
regulated them
Term
What did Roosevelt called a Governor's Conference on?
Definition
conservation
Term
Who was our second progressive president?
Definition
Taft
Term
What is a unique fact about William Taft?
Definition
he was our biggest president
Term
What did Taft do after serving as President?
Definition
became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Term
Which presidents are the only ones buried in Arlington?
Definition
Taft and Kennedy
Term
What did Roosevelt tell Taft?
Definition
he was not a strong, progressive president and he should not run for a second term
Term
What happened in the Republican Convention of 1912?
Definition
Taft and Roosevelt both sought the Republican nomination for president but Taft won
Term
What third political party did Roosevelt start?
Definition
the Progressive Party
Term
What was the outcome of the 1912 election?
Definition
the Republican votes were split and Woodrow Wilson won
Term
Who is our third progressive president?
Definition
Woodrow Wilson
Term
Why is Wilson called a minority president?
Definition
he didn't receive a majority of the popular vote
Term
What brought an end to the progressive movement?
Definition
WW1
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